Dehesa la Granja 2002, CASTILLA Y LEÓN

Producer: Bod. alejandro Fernandez

Grapes: 100% TEMPRANILLO

Color: Dark red with a touch of violet, good depth.

Nose: Complex, decanted for one hour, the wine is unfiltered. Slightly mature fruit of red berries, plum, a lot of aromas like cigar case, pencil, some spices, carnation, some wood and barnyard, slightly of vanilla. The wine has been in american oak for 2 years, but the oak is very well integrated and in perfect balance with the wine.

Palate: Full bodied, good concentration, quite cool fruit, medium tannin pluss, tannins are fine, good structure and freshness, smooth winein total balance, long finish with nice sweetsour fruit, some leather and cigarcase. Very pleasant.

Foodmatch: Allround fried or grilled red meat. Cheese like "Ridder".

Cellaring: Drink now ( decant ) or within 6 years.

Great wine from a very difficult vintage in Spain.